The annual Joy of the Lens exhibit, inaugurated in 2009, features original photographs by current Maine residents, both amateur and professional, aged 16 or older. The three entry categories are: Color, Black & White, and a special “Challenge.”
Awards are made in all three categories with an additional Peoples’ Choice Award announced at the close of the exhibit. This signature event is co-sponsored by the Trustees and the Friends of the Topsham Public Library.
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL JOY OF THE LENS
Live in the Crooker Gallery, March 28 – April 29, 2026
The 2026 Joy of the Lens exhibit will be hosted in-person in Topsham Public Library’s Crooker Gallery and Highland’s Community Room. A reception is scheduled for Saturday, April 4, 2025 from 1:00-2:30 pm and is open to the public. We’d love to have you join us!
Registration for the Sixteenth Annual Joy of the Lens will open on Saturday, February 21st.
Find the printable guidelines with rules of entry and key dates for Joy of the Lens 2026 here.
If you have any questions, please email Kelsie Vosburgh at tplgallery@topshamlibrary.org or call the library at 725-1727.
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2026 Categories: Color, Black & White, and our challenge theme: “Night Photography”
Registration opens 2/21/26 at 4 pm.
Register HERE for Joy of the Lens 2026!